The Spanish Colonies
The Virginia Colony
The Plymouth Colony/The French & Dutch
Chronologic Order
Vocabulary
100
True or False: Spain started colonies in the Americas first.
True
100
True or False: The Virginia Colony made huge profits as a result of the fur trade.
False: The Virginia Colony made huge profits as a result of tobacco sales to Europe.
100
What was one advantage of the Pilgrim's building their settlement on a bay?
The location provided a harbor near the Atlantic Ocean for easy access to shipping and trade.
100
Which of these events happened first? A) The Virginia Company establishes Jamestown. B) Pedro Menendez de Aviles establishes St. Augustine. C) The Dutch establish New Amsterdam. D) Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec. E) William Bradford and the Pilgrims establish Plymouth.
B) Pedro Menendez de Aviles establishes St. Augustine.
100
To find workers they needed, some Spanish settlers enslaved Native Americans to work on these______________. Ranchers built large estates, or ______________, in the outlying lands. Spain did not want to lose these ____________ to other countries.
plantations, haciendas, borderlands
200
What did Spain start in the borderlands of New Spain to convert the Native Americans to Christianity?
missions
200
What was England's first permanent settlement in North America?
Jamestown
200
In which present-day states did the Dutch establish New Netherland?
New York and New Jersey
200
Which of these events happened second? A) The Virginia Company establishes Jamestown. B) Pedro Menendez de Aviles establishes St. Augustine. C) The Dutch establish New Amsterdam. D) Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec. E) William Bradford and the Pilgrims establish Plymouth.
A) The Virginia Company establishes Jamestown.
200
The Spanish also built ___________, where Spanish priests hoped to convert Native Americans to the Catholic religion. England hoped to benefit from ___________, such as lumber, from its Virginia Colony. The colonists were soon growing tobacco as a _________ to sell to Europe.
missions, raw materials, cash crop
300
The male landowning members of the Virginia Colony elected people to represent them in their legislature. What does the word legislature mean in the sentence above?
a lawmaking branch of government
300
Which part of North America did La Salle claim for France in 1684?
the Mississippi River valley
300
Which of these events happened third? A) The Virginia Company establishes Jamestown. B) Pedro Menendez de Aviles establishes St. Augustine. C) The Dutch establish New Amsterdam. D) Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec. E) William Bradford and the Pilgrims establish Plymouth.
D) Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec.
300
The Virginia ___________ was the first representative assembly in the English colonies. The Powhatan Wars led King James I to make Virginia a ______________ in 1624.
legislature, royal colony
400
How did missionaries affect Native Americans in New Spain? (include 4 facts!)
They held ceremonies to make large numbers of Native Americans Catholic. Later, they taught Native Americans Catholic beliefs. Some missionaries forced Native Americans to become Catholic and to work as slaves. Many Native Americans fought to hold onto their beliefs, but others were forced to change how they lived and worshipped.
400
Why was Jamestown's location a poor choice for a settlement? (include 2 facts!)
The land was swampy and not good for farming.
400
"We whose names are underwritten....agree to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws...from time to time, as shall be thought most meet proper and convenient for the General good of the Colony..." How do these words illustrate that the Mayflower Compact created a form of self-government? (include 2 facts!)
The people who signed the compact agreed to make and follow their own laws for the common good.
400
Which of these events happened fourth? A) The Virginia Company establishes Jamestown. B) Pedro Menendez de Aviles establishes St. Augustine. C) The Dutch establish New Amsterdam. D) Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec. E) William Bradford and the Pilgrims establish Plymouth.
E) William Bradford and the Pilgrims establish Plymouth.
400
Among the Pilgrim leaders was _________________. An Abenaki named ______________ welcomed the Pilgrims. He brought a Wampanoag named ______________, who showed the settlers where to fish and how to plant food.
William Bradford, Samoset, Tisquantum
500
Identify the following as Primary or Secondary sources. A) a photograph of re-enactors on a plantation B) a movie about Bartolome de Las Casas C) a journal written by a Spanish missionary D) a recent book about Pedro Menendez de Aviles arriving in St. Augustine.
A) Secondary B) Secondary C) Primary D) Secondary
500
Why was the House of Burgesses important? (include 3 facts!)
The House of Burgesses helped make laws that were needed to keep order. It was also the first representative assembly in the English colonies. It allowed some of Virginia colonists to elect members to the House of Burgesses who would represent them.
500
What kinds of activities made up the early economies of the North American colonies? (include 5 facts!)
Farming, ranching, fishing, fur trading, and shipping goods and raw materials back to Europe made up the early economies in the North American colonies.
500
Which of these events happened last? A) The Virginia Company establishes Jamestown. B) Pedro Menendez de Aviles establishes St. Augustine. C) The Dutch establish New Amsterdam. D) Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec. E) William Bradford and the Pilgrims establish Plymouth.
C) The Dutch establish New Amsterdam.
500
Samuel de Champlain founded ___________. More than 100 years passed before the town of ______________ was founded. It became the capital of France's southern colony, Louisiana. The first Dutch colony was New Netherlands, and its main trading center was ____________.
Quebec, New Orleans, New Amsterdam
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